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LATEST NEWS FROM THE NETWORK
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Libraries evolve and thrive despite funding uncertainty
April 21, 2025
Any funding cut at the state or federal level to the state library would require local libraries to ask for more taxpayer money or to reduce offerings if local replacement money isn’t available.
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Proposed Funding Cuts Could Reduce Access To Hawaiʻi Libraries
April 21, 2025
Potential cuts to staff and construction funds for the state library system also come amid ongoing uncertainty around federal support.
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After years of neglect, rural Pa. water system sees upgrades under interim management
April 16, 2025
Rock Spring’s customers have dealt with unreliable service for more than a decade.
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Trump is spending billions on border security. Some residents living there lack basic resources.
April 16, 2025
The president has reportedly urged Congress to pass $175 billion for border security. But residents of Del Rio, Texas, and Douglas, Arizona, say basic needs — like safe drinking water and hospital access — aren’t being met.
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New study by three organizations could boost water supply at Lake Mendocino
April 12, 2025
According to the Mendocino County Inland Water and Power Commission, Lake Mendocino provides drinking water for over 650,000 people in Mendocino, Sonoma and Marin counties and plays a role in flood control.
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Sudden cut of ‘politicized’ FEMA grants leaves ND communities in the lurch
April 08, 2025
Cuts impact major projects in Lincoln, Washburn and Fessenden.
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The Trump administration just delayed West Virginia’s broadband expansion. Here’s what that means.
April 03, 2025
Gov. Morrisey said it will be three more months until the state submits its application to receive over a billion dollars to connect every household to the internet. For West Virginians, it means more waiting.
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Dozens of community projects halted after federal funding was omitted from Congressional stop-gap spending bill
April 01, 2025
Congress passed a continuing resolution to avoid a government shutdown in mid-March, amid a partisan fight over federal spending. That continuing resolution left out tens of millions of dollars in funding for Southwest and Southside community projects.
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3 dead, more than 200 rescued in South Texas after severe storms cause flooding
March 28, 2025
Homes were inundated with water and cars were abandoned across the Rio Grande Valley region.
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Rural Letter Carriers Gather in Washington, D.C. to Oppose Privatization of the U.S. Postal Service
March 28, 2025
According to rural letter carriers rallying in Washington, D.C., privatizing USPS would mean degradation of postal services and an increase in costs for those living in rural and remote areas.
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Roadblocked: A Nebraska county and its road workers have been stuck bargaining for years. It’s costing thousands.
March 21, 2025
A $5 an hour raise for 14 employees would equal about $145,600 in a year – just shy of what the county has spent on attorney fees since 2022.
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With crumbling public health infrastructure, rural Texas scrambles to respond to measles
March 10, 2025
The measles outbreak in rural Texas has exposed how hospital buildings are ill-equipped. Meanwhile, long distances between providers makes testing people and transporting samples difficult.
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Federal cuts roundup: The impact on South Dakota
March 03, 2025
The changes are happening fast and furious across numerous agencies and departments, including in South Dakota. But very little official information about the cuts is being provided to the press or public.
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$1M from the state prevented this rural hospital from closing, but its troubles aren’t over
January 22, 2025
For years, health care administrators and experts have said workforce shortages and increased operating costs have exacerbated financial problems, especially for hospitals in rural areas where residents are typically older and more reliant on Medicare and Medicaid, which reimburse at lower rates than private insurance companies.
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Fire damages Choteau Acantha newspaper building
January 07, 2025
The weekly publication serves Choteau and the surrounding communities. Owners Melody and Jeff Martinsen purchased the paper in 1990. In their roughly 35-year tenure, they have not missed publishing an edition.
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